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o ensure that your work of art remains as true as the day that it was
painted, we use only pigments with the highest Blue Wool Scale and
ASTM I ratings. In addition, all our colours are made from single
pigments ensuring the most intense colour for you to use and for all of
eternity to enjoy.
PURITY - We believe in providing Artists with the most intense and
vibrant colour possible for them to work with. Although with just a few
primary colours, one can mix and blend just about any shade desired; a
blend will never come close to the truth of a colour derived straight from
the natural source. To facilitate this we use only single pigments across our
entire range. The pure use of unique individual pigments for each respective
colour is what is what provides that wow factor that so many satisfied
customers experience when opening a jar of Hydrocryl
PIGMENTATION - Each of the colours in the Hydrocryl range is a
single pigment colour. The level of pigmentation of every colour has been
scientifically chosen in line with the appropriate pigment’s properties to
achieve the maximum pigment loading for that colour. This means that the
maximum colour strength and intensity is achieved without excessive and
costly pigment over usage.
COLOUR CONTROL - Intermixing of any of the Hydrocryl colours will
give a stable colour without any chemical or physical reactions. Hydrocryl
colours when fully dried will not bleed or change colour. This is important
as the jar or mixed colour is always retained on the painting.
ADHESION TO SURFACES - Hydrocryl will adhere perfectly to just about
any surface that is clean and grease-free. This adhesion is unsurpassed by
any other acrylic paint. Substrates include all the well-know paper types,
canvas and wood (priming is not essential, but recommended). Hydrocryl
has excellent adhesion to glass, metal, plastic (clear PE and PVC sheet
THE HYDROCRYL OBSESSION
Artists who use acrylic appreciate Hydrocryl’s versatility and fantastic colours
that stay true. It doesn’t lift or crack, has superior adhesion and is healthy for
the artist. At Hydrocryl, we have an obsession with longevity. Your paintings will
last forever.
and film) and ceramic surfaces with
interesting effects .Our carefully sourced
acrylic emulsions and the absence of
any extenders or fillers provide the user
with premium adhesion to all surfaces
and negate the common problems of
layers lifting and cracking.
SIMPLICITY - Our paints have
been specifically formulated by one of
Australia’s leading experts in the fields of
colour and pigmentation. Our formulas
call for only the most essential materials.
There are no fillers or extenders in
our paints. This results in the superior
adhesion of Hydrocryl to other media
such as painting with Hydrocryl over
oils. Common lifting of layers and
cracking is a result of the fillers drying
and not setting on the other media; with
Hydrocryl there is no such issue. Many
artists recommend the use of Hydrocryl
specifically because of this unique
quality not found in any other product.
DRYING CONTROL - Acrylics, by
chemical nature, dry faster than oil
paints. Hydrocryl, by design, dries faster
than other acrylics. Reduced with water,
Hydrocryl will remain open for at least
several hours, depending on the amount
of water added. Levels of the order of 5- 8% will achieve at least 2 hours open
time.
Used straight out of the jar,
unreduced, it is important to utilise the
correct drying control technique. For
thick, Heavy Body Medium type paint in
which water cannot be added directly,
it can be spray misted over the paint
surface thereby putting a ‘retarding’
blanket over the paint.
For greater control and longer open
times Hydrocryl retarder medium has
been specifically formulated. This
material can also be directly added to
the paint when Heavy Body Medium
thickness effects are not required.
Accordingly the retarder can be sprayed
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